Forbidden
by Germaine

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What Deb said! It's a mystery, it's a thriller...so cool!

Late Afternoon
by insteps

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I love when this happens...it's like a bit of everyday noir.

by RKT

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Originally posted by jmritz: This made me laugh. After 'Theater of the Absurd' and 'Fool's Paradise' of which I loved, this struck me as a final blow to that poor latex glove. Wonderful imagination.

..."The Final Blow"...sounds like the perfect title to me!

Our Eyes
by jmritz

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This is so cool...an abstract that is alive with life.

by RKT

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Originally posted by jmritz: Love the detail in that dress. I get the feeling of shyness to the point of not even noticing the face. Possibly a Quaker. Ben my wife just saw this and the first thing she said was creepy. Very nice Rachel.

Thanks John...funny about the creepy...others have thought she seemed dead, perhaps the stiffness and the pose of the hands lend to that, and of course the missing head. I never saw it that way, I was too busy swimming in all the detail.

Cleave
by RKT

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Originally posted by jmritz: ...back in my day we had rocks. Always fascinated and collected em, still have a collection lined up on a radiator.

Me too! I'm partial to creek and beach stones now...and shells...I still love sea shells.

Shroud
by RKT

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Originally posted by macrothing: Very nice RKT. Surprisingly I don't think I've ever noticed this beautiful aspect of this stage of a hibiscus bloom (with the center popping out the top - although no doubt the type of flower/length of stigma makes a difference to this final moment). Very well captured/'studied', including the b&w, and a perfect title.

Surprisingly I don't think I've ever noticed this beautiful aspect of this stage of a hibiscus bloom

It doesn't last long, it was like an early death state...folded up, but still fresh looking.

Comfort
by KarenNfld

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Love the title...it's exactly what I was thinking before I even saw it.

Dandelion
by Paul

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Positively gorgeous Paul!

bucolic
by krnodil

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For the life of me, I can't figure out why so many see this as blown out/over exposed. I can't! Or maybe people weren't using the proper terminology? Perhaps "pale" might have been a better term...but then again, "pale" is not a flaw...and one must always seek the flaw when looking at a photograph.

...or, maybe some serious monitor calibrations are in order for some of the viewing/voting population.